Lighting

[Joe[y]]

I've always tried to reply to requests in this forum so I was hoping it could be my turn to request some feedback!

http://photos.jlspurling.com/185


Clicky above and tell me what you think... with particular reference to lighting - do you think it's a bit harsh around the edges of the cat? Or perhaps it's too blurred? I'm not sure.. I like this photo but I think there's something missing.

[Fellow Eskimo]

Contrast contrast contrast. Would be a bit better if there were some contrast around the face (like the whiskers). I like how the claws are more in focus than the rest. Also, closing the aperture down a bit more would help with the background.

[JC Olsen]

Agree, the thing you're missing here is contrast. :)

[Joe[y]]

ok. cheers... i guess that's something i can fix in photoshop.

[Connie]

give that depressed cat a nice delicious mouse and the contrast will regulate itself :roll:

just envious about cats because I can't have one anymore because of my asthma... :cry:

[jeremycherfas]

I disagree about stopping down. To me, the filing cabinet in the background was very disturbing, in a bad way. I certainly don't want to see it more clearly. But I think you've caught a very interesting image, and I also like the focus on the pads of the claws.

[blinking8s]

i dont care for the motion blur...focal selection point is solid, but the blur distracts from it in my opinion...

as far as a "lighting" critique i feel like...eh...there isnt much to talk about with the particular shot. The white wall int he BG is a bit overexposed, and the light from the background seems to hit the car from the back coming towards the though, causing it to seem a bit harsh around the edges of the cat. Now with a pure white wall this might look neat with a fully white cat, in some artistic sense, but in this care its just not working for me.

[Joe[y]]

thanks everybody.


that helped!

[Fellow Eskimo]

I disagree about stopping down. To me, the filing cabinet in the background was very disturbing, in a bad way. I certainly don't want to see it more clearly. But I think you've caught a very interesting image, and I also like the focus on the pads of the claws.

Im very bad with the photography terminology, I mean to make the aperture a smaller number...like from f16 to f4. Maybe the proper term is to open up the aperture? (would make sense, wouldnt it?)

[jeremycherfas]

Maybe the proper term is to open up the aperture? (would make sense, wouldnt it?)
Indeed! Opening up, to lose depth of field, might improve the picture, for me. Like I said, I don't want to see the cabinet more clearly.